Better Half

My Better Half insists that he should not be known as ‘Better Half” (proof, if we needed it, that he is, indeed, my better half). I suggested that if he also referred to me as his ‘better half’ (even if we all know that would be stretching the truth a bit) then we’d be quits! This suggestion was not met with enthusiasm…and he suggested that I refer to him as ‘Half’!

Now, as a compromise this seems ideal, but as a linguist I have a few concerns: half what? He’s not half a man or half a partner, he’s not very tall but he’s not half-sized … he’s my man, my bloke, he’s the guy who shows me that ‘Voldemort’ was not the one for me, he’s not the father of my children (although he – ‘Half’ not ‘Voldemort’- is the father of The Boy and does that very well) but he is the man/bloke/guy/person I see myself with* for the future/for the rest of my life/ when the oceans run dry and the stars fall from the sky/…

* ‘Half’ says pick the one that makes you vomit less!

So… from now on, in my posts, the actors will be ‘The Boy’, ‘The Dog’ and ‘The Man”!

~ by harrietdg on July 5, 2008.